Projects

African Bush Camps Foundation

African Bush Camps Foundation has been making a difference in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia since 2006. The Foundation’s mission is to partner with communities that are located near our camps to improve quality of life […]

ALU Foundation

African Leadership University (ALU) and its foundation, the ALU Foundation, are the first of their kind on the continent, dedicated to galvanizing a new generation of bold, entrepreneurial and ethical African leaders. By 2035, Africa […]

AsiliaGiving

AsiliaGiving is the philanthropic arm of Asilia Africa, one of East Africa’s leading travel companies with a mission to empower crucial wilderness areas in East Africa, benefitting both people and nature. By making bold, and […]

Cape Leopard Trust

The Cape Leopard Trust (CLT; Est. 2004) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, public benefit organization based in the Western Cape, South Africa. The organization facilitates and promotes the conservation of biological diversity, with a focus on […]

Children in the Wilderness

Children in the Wilderness (CITW) is an independent non-profit organization established and supported by Wilderness. CITW hosts rural children that live alongside Wilderness and other partner concessions, and through their Eco-Clubs, YES Programme and Eco-Mentor […]

Connect Foundation

Why is the Connect Foundation needed? In today’s digital era, having a strong online presence is crucial for non-profit organisations to gain legitimacy, credibility, and funding. Without it, these teams risk falling behind and are […]

Connect Foundation – Fund a Film

Fund a Film Campaign Who can fund a film? Anyone! The Fund a Film initiative provides an opportunity for like-minded individuals and companies to contribute to the Connect Foundation in a tangible manner. We would […]

Daunara Foundation

The Daunara Foundation’s mission is to uplift the community of the Daunara Village and its surrounding villages, by ensuring the benefits of the tourism industry flow through to the communities and create long-term benefits for […]

Dyer Island Conservation Trust

Close to the southern tip of Africa, Dyer Island and the surrounding ocean is a critically important eco-system and home to the Marine Big 5 sharks, whales, dolphins, the Cape fur seal, and the endangered […]

Ecoexist

Ecoexist Trust is a small not-for-profit NGO that was founded in 2013 by a multi-disciplinary team in Botswana. Our mission is to support the lives and livelihoods of people who share space with elephants while […]

esiDulini Community Trust

Dulini is driven by the mission to conserve the untamed wilderness. Through sustainable, eco-tourism, it is our intention to leave a legacy of growing biodiversity. This vision is only possible in partnership with neighbouring communities. […]

Friends of Alexandra

Friends of Alexandra was established as an NGO in 2007 with the aim to assist the people of Alexandra township, one of the most impoverished areas around Johannesburg. Alexandra has a population of 600,000 people. […]

Friends of Hwange Trust

Hwange National Park, situated in the north western corner of Zimbabwe, is an immense wilderness area that lies between the Kalahari Sands of Botswana and the savannah woodlands and Teak forests of Zimbabwe. This area […]

Friends of Samara Trust

Samara’s conservation vision is to restore one of South Africa’s most spectacular landscapes, driving ecological corridors to create the country’s third largest protected area. Two centuries ago, South Africa’s vast semi-arid heartland bore witness to […]

Helping Hands 4 Wildlife

Helping Hands 4 Wildlife is a Non-Profit Corporation, based in Badplaas, Mpumalanga, South Africa. We are dedicated to caring for the small, unnoticed, and forgotten wildlife that society overlooks. We specialize in aiding species often […]

Hodnett House

Hodnett House is a day care facility that caters to people living with intellectual disabilities from the ages of 18 years. Hodnett House provides a safe, friendly, and nurturing environment for its participants.

Kenya Bird of Prey Trust

The Kenya Bird of Prey Trust is a Kenyan non-profit dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey. We act on our mandate by: Creating, advising, and implementing bird of prey conservation management plans with […]

Kenya Wildlife Trust

Kenya Wildlife Trust (KWT) is Kenya’s principal predator conservation trust and is dedicated to three of Kenya’s most important ecosystems: Greater Mara, Samburu-Laikipia and Amboseli-Tsavo. The organization protects vulnerable predator populations, empowers and educates local […]

Kwando Impact

Kwando Safaris, Chobe Safari Lodge, and Nata Lodge are proudly owned and hosted by Batswana citizens, and we’re serious about making a positive difference in the communities we operate in. We developed the Kwando Compass […]

Laikipia Wildlife Forum

Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF, known as the Forum) is a dynamic membership based organization with over 20,000 members. The Forum is a vital vehicle in the realization of the goals and aspirations of small land […]

Lapalala Wilderness School

Nurturing Future Conservation Champions Environmental Education for South African Children & Young Adults We help the children and youth of our nation to discover the true value of the biodiversity of the natural world and […]

Lion Landscapes

Lion Landscapes and Ruaha Carnivore Project are joining forces and will continue as Lion Landscapes. Your donation will benefit all our programmes. There are now fewer wild lions left in the world than rhinos With […]

Men End FGM Foundation

Men End FGM Foundation (MEF) is a global award-winning movement that rallies men and boys to join the quest to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), child marriage and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence […]

More Community Foundation

Transforming lives. Saving species. Restoring environments.Help us to build a brighter, sustainable future for Southern Africa’s most vulnerable. Join us at the frontline of change in Southern Africa. Together, we can uplift impoverished communities, halt […]

Motse Community and Wildlife Conservancy

The Motse Community and Wildlife Conservancy (MCWC) is an independent non-profit established and supported by the shareholders of Limpopo-Lipadi Wildlife and Wilderness Reserve, in the Tuli Block, Botswana. MCWC exists for three distinct purposes – […]

PUBAH

PUBAH (Purpose Uganda Babies Home) is a non-profit organization funding a small orphanage and pre-school for babies and young children in the Entebbe region of Uganda’s Wakiso district. PUBAH has successfully carried out international adoptions, […]

Singita Lowveld Trust

Singita’s 100-year purpose is to preserve and protect large areas of African wilderness for future generations. Singita Lowveld Trust (SLT), Singita’s non-profit conservation and community development partner in South Africa, is committed to a wide […]

Surfpop Foundation

Vision Surfpop Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Cape Town, South Africa, offering 70 vulnerable children from the poor communities of Masiphumelele, Ocean View and Khayelitsha, of whom half are girls, a safe space […]

The Kevin Richardson Foundation

The Kevin Richardson Foundation is a non-profit conservation organisation with nature’s most majestic creature, the lion, at its heart. Launched in early 2018, the foundation is committed to changing and reversing the state of Africa’s […]

The Royal Portfolio Foundation

The Royal Portfolio Foundation is linked to The Royal Portfolio, a group of luxury boutique hotels who believe in sustainable tourism in Southern Africa. The objective of The Royal Portfolio Foundation is to pay or […]

The Safari Collection Footprint

The Safari Collection Footprint is a nonprofit trust registered in Kenya with a mission of supporting various community and conservation partners around the country. The Project fulfills its mission alongside The Safari Collection, a company […]

The Tswalu Foundation

The Tswalu Foundation exists primarily to support ecological research at Tswalu. Through accumulating a growing body of quality output on the fauna, flora and the unique habitat of the southern Kalahari we have been able […]

Tsavo Trust

Working to Conserve Tsavo’s Wilderness Tsavo Trust is a field based Kenyan non-profit organisation headquartered in Tsavo, southern Kenya. Our Vision: Tsavo Trust recognizes the importance of a holistic approach to biodiversity conservation. Professional wildlife […]

Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust

Volcanoes Safaris has been at the forefront of reviving gorilla and chimpanzee conservation and tourism in Rwanda and Uganda for over twenty-five years. In 2009, the Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT), a non-profit organisation, was […]

Wilderness Trust

Wilderness has been a leader in high-end, low-density conservation tourism since 1983. We’re all about protecting the Earth, one life-changing journey at a time. The Wilderness Trust is our independent non-profit entity, founded to safeguard […]

Wildtrust

The WILDTRUST vision is for a ‘thriving and resilient world’. Inspired by the interconnectedness of all things on this planet, the WILDTRUST objectives remain focused on the principle to continuously strive towards restoring the building […]

African Parks Foundation

African Parks Foundation has taken on the responsibility for the rehabilitation, development, and management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. By adopting a business approach to conservation (i.e. tourism, carbon funding), […]

African People and Wildlife

African People and Wildlife supports sustainability projects in rural communities that preserve healthy human-wildlife interactions and contribute to better livelihoods for those that live in proximity to animals. This year, donations through Empowers Africa went […]

African Wildlife Foundation

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has a unique approach to conservation in that they accomplish wildlife and land protection by empowering Africa’s people. This strategy incentivizes conservation of national resources by ensuring local communities benefit from […]

Big Life Foundation

With an emphasis on anti-poaching, Big Life Foundation was founded to conserve the wildlife and the lands of East Africa. As the only organization operating on both sides of the Kenya/Tanzania border, Big Life’s teams […]

Care for Wild Africa Rhino Sanctuary

The Care for Wild Africa Rhino Sanctuary, located in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is dedicated to the protection of rhinos and other endangered species against poaching. The facility features a treatment and care center where animals […]

Cheetah Conservation Fund

The Cheetah Conservation Fund (“CCF”) was founded in 1990 and is a global leader in research and the conservation of cheetahs. Their mission is to be the internationally recognized center of excellence in the conservation […]

Conservation Through Public Health

Uganda-based Conservation Through Public Health (CTBH) promotes the conservation of biodiversity in the region by working towards a more harmonious coexistence between people, wildlife, and livestock, with a focus on improving their health and livelihoods. […]

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) is the most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world and one of the pioneering conservation organizations for wildlife and habitat protection in East Africa. Orphan […]

Fauna & Flora International

Empowers Africa is a proud supporter of Fauna & Flora’s new “We Love Sharks” project, which is protecting the over 60 species of shark that have made Cape Verde’s Brava Island their home.

Global Witness

Global Witness is a non-profit organization that investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict, corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses. They are responsible for exposing how ‘blood diamonds’ fuelled conflict in Angola, […]

Healing Hands of Joy

Healing Hands of Joy is a non-profit organization that exists to bring hope, happiness and a second chance to women affected by obstetric fistula in rural communities of Ethiopia. The foundation works in conjunction with […]

Inzalo Community Project

Inzalo Community Project is a South African nonprofit that runs community development projects in the communities outside of both the Thornybush and Sabi Sands Reserves in South Africa. The Utah Community Project is one of […]

Lalela Project

Lalela Project provides arts education workshops to youth who battle extreme poverty, sparking creative thinking and awakening an entrepreneurial spirit. The foundation provides community-based arts education and leadership workshops to children grades 1 through 12 […]

LEWA Wildlife Conservancy

LEWA Wildlife Conservancy is an award-winning catalyst and model for community conservation known for its 61,000 acre refuge for rhino and elephant protection in Northern Kenya–one of the largest conservancies in all of Africa. LEWA […]

The Malilangwe Trust

The Malingwe Trust is a wholly Zimbabwean, non-profit organization, focused on harmonizing biodiversity conservation, community development and commercial tourism.

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders was created on December 22, 1971. It was created on the belief that all people have the right to medical care regardless of gender, race, religion, creed or […]

Nkomo Primary School

Nkomo Primary School is situated in the rural community of Mduku on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The school started in 1998 with 60 children and one teacher (Themba Zikhali). At that […]

Ol Pejeta Conservancy

The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 90,000-acre not-for-profit wildlife conservancy in Central Kenya’s Laikipia County. It is the largest black rhino sanctuary in east Africa and home to over 110 critically endangered black rhino and […]

The Olifants West Conservation Trust / Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit

Transfrontier Africa founded the Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit in 2013 to protect the Olifants West Region of Balule Wildlife Reserve in South Africa. The Black Mamba APU is the only anti-poaching unit that consists of […]

PAMS Foundation

PAMS Foundation is an incredible team of conservationists working on-the-ground to save Tanzania’s wildlife. Since their inception in 2006, PAMS has played an extremely critical role in turning around Tanzania’s elephant poaching crisis. Their mission […]

Pangolin.Africa

Pangolin.Africa is a registered non-profit organisation dedicated to the survival of the most highly trafficked wildlife species on earth – the African pangolin.

Peace Parks Foundation – SA College for Tourism

The SA College for Tourism (“SACT”) was established in 2001 and operates through Peace Parks Foundation. SACT is the first training center in Southern Africa to focus its training program on the development of operational […]

Singita Lowveld Trust

The Singita Lowveld Trust is committed to a number of conservation and community. The foundation has made a lasting impact on various parts of Africa orchestrating an interdependent relationship between communities, wildlife and tourism Here […]

Singita Grumeti Fund

The Grumeti Fund is a non-profit organization carrying out wildlife conservation and community development work in the western corridor of the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. Our vision is a world in which people and wildlife […]

Stop Ivory

Stop Ivory is an independent non-government organization which aims to protect elephants and stop the ivory trade by implementing an initiative called the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI). The EPI, with the support of its partners, […]

Tikki Hywood Trust

Operating in Zimbabwe since 1994, The Tikki Hywood Trust is raising awareness about the plight of lesser-known wildlife species and supporting the development of sound conservation practices. The on-the-ground rescue center rescues and rehabilitates orphaned, […]

Time + Tide Foundation

The Time + Tide Foundation was established to initiate and sponsor social and ecological ventures in the communities and conservation areas surrounding Time + Tide tourism properties. In partnership with the Time + Tide tourism […]

Virunga National Park

Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is Africa’s oldest and most biologically diverse protected area. About four million people live within a day’s walk of the park’s borders. A UNESCO World Heritage […]

Wilderness Wildlife Trust

The Wilderness Wildlife Trust, an independent non-profit entity associated with the Wilderness Group, supports a wide variety of projects across Africa. The projects and research it supports address the needs of existing wildlife populations, seek […]

Wildlands

Wildlands is one of South Africa’s leading environmental non-profit organizations. Through strategic partnerships with communities and the South African Government, Wildlands is helping South Africa to strengthen its natural ecosystems, educating local communities and improving […]

Wildlife ACT

Wildlife ACT actively advances conservation by initiating, implementing and managing projects at no cost to wildlife reserves that do not have the means to do so themselves. They are currently focused on Zululand in South […]

Wildlife Conservation Society

Wildlife Conservation Society (“WCS”) has a vast conservation program across Africa. Past grants from Empowers Africa have included funding for: human-lion conflict mitigation at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda; elephant anti-poaching efforts in the […]

WildlifeDirect

WildlifeDirect was founded by African conservationist Dr. Richard Leakey, who is credited with putting an end to the elephant slaughter in Kenya in the 1980s. Regrettably, poaching is back at levels, if not curtailed, that […]

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